(Matthew 10:36)
Make no mistake about it; "Christ brings division!" In the Kingdom of God, you cannot straddle the fence. You have to choose one side or the other. It is the nature of Christ to be confrontational; the gospel of peace is in reality a sword of judgment, tool of discernment and a wrecking ball of perdition.
Who could govern this rowdy, heartless and selfish generation of wickedness but the Spirit of Truth? No one but the Lord God!
As Christ comes, He is not seeking to pit you against your neighbor physically. He is not looking to get you to hate your wife or kids in the natural sense. In essence, it is His nature that is warring against the nature of the Prince of Darkness that resides in each of us. So the two factions collide in the "spirit realm" and the Savior seeks to root out and destroy any remnant of evil that lurks in the recesses of our heart, mind, body and soul.
The "enemy" He is referring to in the Gospel of Matthew is two-fold. It is the enemy that lives "within" the person and, also, the enemy that hovers "outside" the physical body. The enemy within and without is both spiritual and physical. These enemies are thoughts and deeds. They are spirits and doctrines. They are beliefs and fears and doubts and desires.
The "household" in this scripture is also exists within and without. It is your physical and spiritual household. In the life of a heathen it is a prison, but in the life of a Believer it is a mansion. Less we forget, Christ is the architect and you are the builder...if you build to specification, you will live but if you modify His plans you will die! This is the cost of commitment.
"...or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that is in you, that you have from God, and you are not your own?" (1 Corinthians 6:19)
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